I think this would be more meaningful if it impacted the Capitals moreso than one player. When the NHL all-star game comes together, the only thing it's representing is the NHL and the off set players.

Nobody watches it anyways, and nobody really cares. I get the feeling the NHL realizes that after banning Datsyuk and whoever else last year, is that nobody cared/watched it anyways, so why ban Ovechkin now when it could potentially hurt the bottom line of the team rather than the NHL.

If that makes any sense.

TLDNR: Ovechkin isn't hurting the team, so the team supports him. If it affected the team, they'd feel differently.